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The Rorfsts^ Review 



Dbcbmbkr 22, 1921 



HNE FLOWERS 



Roses, Carnations, Violets, Paper Whites, Lilies, Calen- 

 dulas, Valley and other Flowers for buyers whose trade 



demands the best. 



JOSEPH FOERSTER CO. 



Wholesale Dealers in Cut Flowers 



160 North Wabash Ave. 



CHICAGO 



Ask the man who 

 Buys from us. 



received in towit-for the holidays. Welch 

 Bros. Co. is selling a large quantity of 

 it. 



The Gardeners' and Florists' Club's 

 January meeting will come one week 

 later than usual, owing to the hall being 

 anted on the regular date. Officers will 

 beinstalled iurta it will be ladies ' night. 

 Carnation night is postponed until Feb- 

 ruary 287Vnile the annual banquet will 

 come two days later, March 2. 



Neal Boyle, of Maiden, Mass., has an 

 extra fine lot of roses this season, Colum- 

 bia, Double White Killarney and Ophelia 

 are his leaders. He will again devote 

 one large house to giganteum lilies, 

 which are always well done here. 



Leading cyclamen growers, like 

 Thomas Eoland, Frank Edgar, Wollrath 

 & Son, E. & J. Farquhar Co. and F. E. 

 Palmer, are already well sold out of 

 stock. A good number of cyclamens 

 have been shijiped to New York and 

 Philadelphia and many have gone to 

 Connecticut cities. Prices rule easier 

 than a year ago. 



Paul E. Richwagen, the well known 

 Needham florist, is dangerously ill with 

 pneumonia. Mr. Richwagen 's condition 

 December 16 and 17 was such that the 

 services of a specialist were needed. 

 He is somewhat better at the time of 

 writing. W. N. C. 



COLUMBUS, O. 



Quality Roses 



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Your Christmas Trade 



Columbia Premier Russell 



Butterfly Ophelia Sunburst 



Red White 



GROWN BY THE OLDEST AND MOST 

 SUCCESSFUL ROSE GROWER IN OHIO 



Your order given prompt and careful attention. 



The Lamborn Floral Co. 



Alliance, Ohio 



The Market. 



The holiday season is coming on and 

 business is expected to be fair, but not 

 so good as in former years of plenty. 

 The retailers are complaining of the 

 high prices quoted on most cut flowers, 

 and it is predicted that flowers will be 

 cheap on the wholesale market just be- 

 fore Christmas, as most florists are or- 

 dering lightly and are saying that they 

 would rather lose some sales than be 

 caught with an oversupply at the pres- 

 ent prices quoted. 



Carnations will not be handled in any 

 profusion, except by those who grow 

 their own and have plenty. 



Cyclamen plants and poinsettias are 

 plentiful and will create a big demand, 

 as they will sell at a price that should 

 move them in a hurry. Plants of all 



FINEST QUALITY NEW IMPORTATION 



MINIATURE VELVET PANSIES 



$3.60 per gross 

 SAM SELIGMAN, 1 16 W. 28th St., New York 



kinds and, in cut flowers, mostly roses 

 will be found here on Christmas day. 



Business conditions of late have been 

 much improved and l)iisiness in the cut 

 flower line is good, compared with a 

 month ago. It has been so dark that 

 sweet peas are scarce; they drop their 

 buds before they bloom. The weather 

 continues fair and cold. 



Various Notes. 



Anotiier new store will soon be in 



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RONOUNCING 



DICTIONARY 



A list of PLANT NAMES and the Botanical 

 Terms most frequently met with in articles 

 on trade topics, with the correct pronun- 

 ciation of each. 



Sent postpaid on receipt of 25c 



FLORISTS' PUBLISHING CO. 

 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicac^ 



